Poultry feeder



July s, 1930. G MIKKELSEN "1,170,216

POULTRY FEEDER Filed vAug. '15,'1928 Inventor 5 milk. As is well known,

luemrgea` July s, v1930 UNITED; stas-ss l CAR-,L er.` iuiiirkntsniv, or`ie rI21. ii.I-rian;stoniipllsl fr 'I rouL'rnY runnen, 'l' 'Y i l Y' y l'I .o application mea August 15,y 192s'. serial No .'.2,99,s51..

This invention pertains toimprovements in poultry feeders and vmore'especially to those types of feeding devices adapted for i supportingthe quantity ofsemi-solid butterbutterinilk in this form is verylbeneficial to young poultry. However, the same is not generallyrused forthe reason that suitable means on which to opfl'er the same to thepoultry has not heretofore been considered in a practical manner. rIhepresent inventionaims to supply numerous advantages over such typesLofdevices falling withinthis category and the.

. VVsame has for its prime object the provision of a novel feeder,especially devices for sup-y porting semi-solid buttermilk. f

f Another important obj ect of the invention resides in the provision ofmeans 4wherebyl the feederrmay be adjusted as theV young poultry becomelarger in size, without materially increasing the cost thereof. l

Still another object is to provide a sanitaryy feeder for supplyingyoung poultry with,V Y fdeviceV briefly consists of a. body or Vrack onywhichy semi-solid buttermilk, wherein the the buttermilkis placed at apoint spaced l from the ground, so thatthe poultry will be Acompelled tostretch upwardly in order to` obtain the buttermilk, yet providingsufficient space beneaththe rack to permit the poultry to passthereunder ,without in any manner disturbing the rack or the footsupported thereon.

After reading vantages of this invention will become apparent.

In thedrawings:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the improved feeder.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same,V

of the strucand a description of one will sufice for both.

'Each upright in construction 'ing a metallic strap 6, to provideanlupthe following specificationand claims other important objects andad- "position desired, preferably to,` a position consists informstanding post 7, havingY an elongated space 8, between theY parallelportion thereof. The stra-p is brought into contact'at Qand secured inthisfposition by a suitablebolt or rivet 10. The end portions ofthe'straps are Vdiverged to provide feet 11-e11. Supported on theuprights -is an elongatedfbody or rack generally referred to by numeral12.* rlhis rack consists in construction of an elongated plate 13provided with longitudinally extending and spacedflanges 14, on the oppoy site faces thereof.

Inwardly from each end of the plate 13, the flanges 14 are transverselynotchedas at 15, so as to permit the engagement of the rack within thespace 8 of therespective uprights ii 5 5. By reason of thisconstruction, the

rack is Vpermitted to slide vertically but is '70 prevented fromlongitudinal movement by the protrusion ofthe flanges 14.

Each of the uprights 5-5is formed with vertically spaced openings 16,through which a pin 17 is insertable. When these pins 1'? are properlyarranged through the openings in the uprights 5 5, the rack 12 may bebrought to rest thereon and supported in substantially spaced horizontalrelation with respect to the ground'. v

The semi-solid buttermilk, or in fact any kother semi-solid food may belodgedbetween the flanges 14. lVith the food disposed in this manner,the rack l12 is lelevated tothe sufficient to compel the young poultrlto stretch upwardlyin order to obtainthe ood.A Obviously, certainchanges in the specific size, shape, or materials may be resorted to,without departingfrom the spirit ofthe invention orthe scope of theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a poultry feeder comprising a pair of slotted uprights, a bodyarranged between said uprights and adaptedto project at its ends throughthe slots thereof, means on said body whereby food may be supported, andadjusting means whereby said body may be held at dierent heights on theuprights.

2. In a poultry feeder comprising a pair of slotted upright-s, a bodyarranged between said uprights and adapted to project at its endsthrough the slots thereof, means on said 5 body whereby food may besupported, and

adjusting means engaging said uprights, whereby the body may be held atdifferent heights, said last mentioned means consisting in forming theuprights with vertically spaced openings, and a pin insertable throughthe openings of the uprights upon which the body s adapted to rest.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature'.

CARL G. MIKKELSEN.

